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Tropical Innovation has acquired Nature at Work

February 2021 — The shareholders of Tropical Innovation Limited have sold the company to Nature at Work Limited.

Urban Planters designs, sources, installs and maintains indoor and outdoor plants and other plant-related products for blue-chip customers nationwide. Additionally, it offers full landscape and ground maintenance services, enabling it to provide the ‘full horticultural solution’. Tropical Innovation operates as a franchise of Urban Planters in the south east of England.

Nature at Work is a provider of plant rental services in the south east of England. The company provides site surveys, design proposals, installation and maintenance services to commercial customers enabling them to provide greener, healthier workplaces.

Our role in the transaction

Oaklins Evelyn Partners, based in the UK, worked with the shareholders of Tropical Innovation Limited on the strategic acquisition of Nature at Work Limited.

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“We are delighted to welcome Nature at Work into the Urban Planters family. The acquisition provides a significant opportunity for us to strengthen our position in the south east with the acquisition of a business that shares a similar approach to client service and culture.”

Rory Waterer

Managing Director, Tropical Innovation Limited

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Stuart Goodman

Partner
London, United Kingdom
Oaklins S&W

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